(3)New banks, nonlife insurers kick off operations

(3)New banks, nonlife insurers kick off operations

TOKYO, Japan - Akeshige Okada (L), chairman of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., and its chairman Yoshifumi Nishikawa shake hands at a ceremony to mark the launch of the company in Tokyo on April 2. The day's launches of three megabank groups, including Sumitomo Mitsui, usher in a new era of Japan's Big Four megabank groups.

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